Unique Fly Fishing Conference for Educators to be Held at RTPI – June 9 registration deadline
In the summer of 2012, we held the first and what remains as the only national interdisciplinary fly fishing conference. The Children in the Stream’s intensive three-day conference continues to be a huge success as it trains adults who are interested in integrating fly fishing into the curriculum in their community, school, organization or company. These comprehensive workshops use fly fishing as the foundation for investigating science, math, English language arts, visual arts and community outreach. This truly unique interdisciplinary approach is possible because of eclectic...
Read MoreRTPI Staff Members Attend Conference in Washington, DC
At the end of February, staff member Linda Pierce and I had the opportunity to attend the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) 2015 Museums Advocacy Day conference in Washington, D.C.! By attending the conference, we became part of the effort to make a case for museums across the country. The highlight of the experience was the day that we met with some of our state legislators on Capitol Hill. We were given the chance to speak on behalf of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, and therefore other small museums in New York State in order to gain support for our essential and...
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